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JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

思おもわず

omowazu

involuntarily

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは思おもわず笑わらった。

    He laughed in spite of himself.

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  2. 私わたしは思おもわず泣ないた。

    I wept in spite of myself.

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  3. 私わたしは思おもわず吹ふき出だした。

    I burst out laughing in spite of myself.

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Kanji in 思

  • 思thinkOnシKunおもう・おもえらく・おぼす

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